2022
Yue Wang, Zhengwei Li, Mohamed Elhebeary, René Hensel, Eduard Arzt and M Taher A Saif. Water As A “Glue”: Elasticity-Enhanced Wet Attachment of Biomimetic Microcup Structures. Science Advances, 2022 Mar 25;8(12):eabm9341. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9341. Epub 2022 Mar 23
Onur Aydin, Austin P. Passaro, Ritu Raman, Samantha E. Spellicy, Robert P. Weinberg, Roger D. Kamm, Matthew Sample, George A. Truskey, Jeremiah Zartman, Roy D. Dar, Sebastian Palacios, Jason Wang, Jesse Tordoff, Nuria Montserrat, Rashid Bashir, Taher A. Saif, and Ron Weiss Principles for the design of multicellular engineered living systems. APL Bioengineering 6, 010903 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0076635
2021
Zhengwei Li, Alireza Tofangchi, Robert A. Stavins, Emon Bashar, Ronald D. McKinney, Paul J. Grippo and M. Taher A. Saif. A portable pen-sized instrumentation to measure stiffness of soft tissues in vivo. Scientific Reportsvolume11, Article number: 378 (2021)
Bashar Emon, Zhengwei Li, Md Saddam Hossain Joy, Umnia Doha, Farhad Kosari, M Taher A Saif. A novel method for sensor-based quantification of single/multicellular force dynamics and stiffening in 3D matrices, Science Advances 7 (15) (2021) eabf2629. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf2629
M A Bashar Emon, Samantha Knoll, Umnia Doha, Lauren Ladehoff, Luke Lalonde, Danielle Baietto, Mayandi Sivaguru, Rohit Bhargava and M Taher A Saif. Dose-independent threshold illumination for non-invasive time-lapse fluorescence imaging of live cells. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101249, 2021.
Austin P. Passaro, Onur Aydin, M. Taher A. Saif, Steven L. Stice. Development of an objective index, neural activity score (NAS), reveals neural network ontogeny and treatment effects on microelectrode arrays. Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports volume11, Article number: 9110 (2021)
Hangbo Zhao, Yongdeok Kim, Heling Wang, Xin Ning, Chenkai Xu, Judy Suh, Mengdi Han, Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, Wei Lu, Haibo Li, Wubin Bai, Onur Aydin, Yoonseok Park, Jiaojiao Wang, Yao Yao, Yishan He, M. Taher A. Saif, Yonggang Huang, Rashid Bashir, John A. Rogers. Compliant 3D frameworks instrumented with strain sensors for characterization of millimeter-scale engineered muscle tissues. PNAS May 11, 2021 118 (19) e2100077118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2100077118
Zhengwei Li and M Taher A Saif. Mechanics of Biohybrid Valveless Pump-bot. Journal of Applied Mechanics. November 2021, Vol. 88, novatechsetproofs.com/authors/ASME/JAM-21-1258.pdf.
2020
Jesica Bauer, Md Abdul Bashar Emon, Jonas J Staudacher, Alexandra L Thomas, Jasmin Zessner-SpitzenbergGeorgina Mancinelli, Nancy Krett, M Taher Saif and Barbara Jung. Increased stiffness of the tumor microenvironment in colon cancer stimulates cancer associated fibroblast-mediated prometastatic activin signaling. Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 50 (2020).
Onur Aydin, Austin P. Passaro, Mohamed Elhebeary, Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, Anthony Fan, Sittinon Nuethong, Rashid Bashir, Steven L. Stice and M. Taher A. Saif. Development of 3D neuromuscular bioactuators. APL Bioengineering, 4 (1), 016107, 126. 2020. DOI: 1063/1.5134477.
Mohamed Elhebeary, Tristan Harzer Gerhard Dehm and M. Taher A. Saif. Time-dependent plasticity in silicon microbeams mediated by dislocation nucleation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,July 21, 2020 117 (29) 16864-16871. First published: July 1, 2020, published online https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002681117
Onur Aydin, Bashar Emon, Shyuan Cheng, Liu Hong, Leonardo P. Chamorro, and M. Taher A. Saif. Performance of Fabrics for Home-Made Masks Against the Spread of COVID-19 Through Droplets: A Quantitative Mechanistic Study. Extreme Mechanics Letters, Volume 40, October 2020, 100924
Mikhail E. Kandel, Yuchen R. He, Young Jae Lee, Taylor Hsuan-Yu Chen, Kathryn Michele Sullivan, Onur Aydin, M. Taher A. Saif, Hyunjoon Kong, Nahil Sobh & Gabriel Popescu. Phase imaging with computational specificity (PICS) for measuring dry mass changes insub-cellular compartments. Nature Communications, (2020) 11:6256, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20062-x
2019
Y Zhu, T Saif, FW DelRio. Recent Advances in Micro, Nano, and Cell Mechanics. Experimental Mechanics 59 (3), 277-278, 2019.
Zhengwei Li, Yongbeom Seo, Onur Aydin, Mohamed Elhebeary, Roger D. Kamm, Hyunjoon Kong, and M. Taher A. Saif. A biohybrid valveless pump-bot powered by engineered skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA January 29, 2019 116 (5) 1543-1548. dorg/10.1073/pnas.1817682116
Andrew W Holle, Neethu Govindan Kutty Devi, Kim Clar, Anthony Fan, Taher Saif, Ralf Kemkemer, Joachim P Spatz. Cancer cells invade confined microchannels via a self-directed mesenchymal-to-amoeboid transition. Nano Letters, 19 (4), 2280-2290, 2019, DOI: 1021/acs.nanolett.8b04720.
J. Williams and M. T. A. Saif. Phase dependent mechanosensitivity in cardiomyocytes. Journal of Experimental Mechanics. Experimental Mechanics, 59 (3), 387-393, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-019-00472-9
Mohamed Elhebeary, Md Abul Bashar Emon, Onur Aydin and M. Taher A. Saif. A novel technique for in situ uniaxial tests of self-assembled soft biomaterials. Lab Chip, 2019,19 (7), 1153-1161 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8LC01273C.
Mikhail E. Kandel, Wenlong Lu, Jon Liang, Onur Aydin, Taher A. Saif and Gabriel Popescu. Cell-to-cell influence on growth in large Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 10, No. 9 / 1 September 2019. DOI: 10.1364/BOE.10.004664
William C. Ballance, Inkyu Oh, Yang Lai, Mohamed Elhebeary, Taher Saif, Yuhang Hu and Hyunjoon Kong. Vibration at structural resonance frequency of hydrophilic substrates enhances biofilm removal. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 299, 15 November 2019, 126950 org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.126950
Anthony Fan, Saddam Hossain Joy and and Taher Saif. A connected cytoskeleton network generates axonal tension in embryonic Drosophila. Lab on a Chip 2019,19, 3133-3139.
Zhang, Yao; Shi, Xuechen; Zhao, Tiankai; Huang, Changjin; Wei, Qiong; Tang, Xin; Santy, Lorraine; Saif, Taher; Zhang, Sulin. A Traction Force Threshold Signifies Metastatic Phenotypic Change in Multicellular Epithelia. Soft Matter (1039/c9sm00733d).
Aydin, X. Zhang, G. Pagan-Diaz, S. Nuethong, R. Bashir, M. Gazzola, T. Saif. (2019) Biohybrid motile bots with neuronal control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,October 1, 2019 116 (40) 19841-19847. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907051116
Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, Karla P. Ramos-Cruz, Richard Sam, Mikhail E. Kandel, Onur Aydin, M. Taher A. Saif,Gabriel Popescu, and Rashid Bashir. Engineering geometrical 3-dimensional untethered in vitro neural tissue mimic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,(2019) 116 (51) 25932-25940. DOI: 1073/pnas.1916138116.
2018
• Fan A, Tofangchi A, De Venecia M, Saif MT. A simple microfluidic platform for partial treatment of insuspendable tissue samples with orientation control. Lab Chip, 2018, 18 (5), 735-742. DOI:10.1039/C7LC00984D
• Roger D. Kamm, Rashid Bashir, Natasha Arora, Roy D. Dar, Linda G. Griffith, Melissa L. Kemp, Kathy Kinlaw, Michael Levin, Adam C. Martin, Todd C. McDevitt, Robert M. Nerem, Mark Powers, Taher A. Saif, Shuichi Takayama, Shoji Takeuchi, Ron Weiss, Kaiming Ye, Hannah G. Yevick, Muhammad Zaman. Perspective: The Promise of Multi-cellular Engineered Living Systems. APL Bioengineering 2, 040901 (2018)
• Danielle Posey, Paris Blaisdell-Pijuan, Samantha K. Knoll, Taher A. Saif, and Wylie W. Ahmed. Small-scale displacement fluctuations of vesicles in Scientific Reports 2018, 13294 10.1038/s41598-018-31656-3.
• Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, Xiaotian Zhang, Lauren Grant, Yongdeok Kim, Onur Aydin, Caroline Cvetkovic, Eukyung Ko, Hyunjoon Kong, Taher Saif, Mattia Gazzola, Rashid Bashir. Simulation and fabrication of stronger, larger and faster walking biohybrid machines. Advanced Functional Materials, Vol 28, Issue 23, published online Aug 13, 2018, org/10.1002/adfm.201801145
• Jan-Kai Chang, Emon Bashar, Chia-Shuo Li, Quansan Yang, Hui-Ping Chang, Zijian Yang, Chih-I Wu, Taher A. Saif, and John A. Rogers. Cytotoxicity and in vitro Degradation Kinetics of Foundry-Compatible Semiconductor Nanomembranes and Electronic Microcomponents. ACS Nano, 12 (10), 9721-9732, 2018, DOI:10.1021/acsnano.8b04513.
• Mohamed Elhebeary, and M. Taher A. Saif. A novel MEMS stage for in-situ thermomechanical testing of single crystal silicon microbeams under bending. Extreme Mechanics Letter, Volume 23, September 2018, Pages 1-8, org/10.1016/j.eml.2018.06.009
• Emon Bashar, Jessica Bauer, Yasna Jain, Barbara Jung and Taher Saif. Biophysics of Tumor Microenvironment and cancer metastasis – a mini review. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 16 (2018) 279–287.
2017
• Mohamed Elhebeary and M T A Saif. “Design, Simulation, and Testing of a Novel Bending Stage for Mechanical Characterization of Materials”, Experimental Mechanics, 2017;57:89. doi:10.1007/s11340-016-0195-5
• Mohamed Elhebeary and M T A Saif. “Lessons learned from nanoscale specimens tested by MEMS based apparatus”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50 (2017) 243001.
• Fan A, Tofangchi A, Kandel M, Popescu G, Saif T. Coupled circumferential and axial tension driven by actin and myosin influences in vivo axon diameter. Scientific Reports, 2017 Oct 27;7(1):14188. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13830-1. PMID:29079766, PMCID:PMC5660205.
• Holle AW, Young JL, Van Vliet KJ, Kamm RD, Discher DE, Janmey PA, Spatz JP, Saif MT. Cell-ECM mechanobiology- forceful tools and emerging needs for basic and translational research. Nano Letters 2018, Jan 10;18(1):1-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04982. Epub 2017 Dec 6.
2016
• Samantha Knoll and M T A Saif. Light induced localized and abrupt force relaxations in fibroblasts on soft substrates. Extreme Mechanics Letters http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2016.03.009 (2016)
• Ali Tofangchi A*, Anthony Fan* and M T A Saif. Mechanism of Axonal Contractility in Embryonic Drosophila Motor Neurons In Vivo. Biophysical Journal. 2016 Oct 4;111(7):1519-1527. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.08.024. [Cover article] [Cover image] [Biophysics Society blog], PubMed ID: 27705774
• Junmin Lee, Amr A. Abdeen, Xin Tang, Taher A. Saif, and Kristopher A. Kilian, Matrix directed adipogenesis and neurogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue and bone marrow, Acta Biomaterialia, 2016, 42, 46-55
2015
• Ali, M. Yakut, Anand, S. V., Tangella, K., Ramkumar, D., and Saif, M. Taher A. Isolation of Primary Human Colon Tumor Cells from Surgical Tissues and Culturing them Directly on Soft Elastic Substrates for Traction Cytometry. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2015 Jun 4;(100):e52532. doi: 10.3791/52532.
• Sandeep Anand, M Yakut Ali and M Taher A Saif. Cell culture on microfabricated one-dimensional polymeric structures for bio-actuator and bio-bot applications. Lab Chip, 2015, Advance Article, published online 17 Feb 2015, DOI: 1039/C4LC01471E
• Samantha Knoll, Wylie Ahmed, and Taher Saif. Contractile dynamics change before morphological cues during fluorescence illumination. Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 18513 (2015). doi:10.1038/srep18513
• Slater, Bernard J, Fan, Anthony Y., Stebbings, Kevin A, Saif, M Taher A and Llano, Daniel A. Modification of a Colliculo-thalamocortical Mouse Brain Slice, Incorporating 3-D printing of Chamber Components and Multi-scale Optical Imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments (103), e53067, doi:10.3791/53067 (2015)
• Mohamed Elhebeary and M Taher A Saif. A Micromechanical Bending Stage for Studying Mechanical Properties of Materials Using Nanoindenter. Appl. Mech 82(12), 121004 (2015) doi: 10.1115/1.4031334.
• Anthony Fan, Kevin Stebbings, Daniel Llano, and Taher Saif Stretch Induced Hyperexcitibility of Mice Callosal Pathway, Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 Aug 5;9:292. doi:10.3389/fncel.2015.00292. eCollection 2015, PMID:26300729
• Junmin Lee, Amr A. Abdeen, Xin Tang, Taher A. Saif, and Kristopher A. Kilian. Geometric guidance of integrin mediated traction stress during stem cell differentiation. Biomaterials, Volume 69, November 2015, Pages 174–183.
• Mayandi Sivaguru, Glenn Fried, Barghav S. Sivaguru, Vignesh A. Sivaguru, Xiaochen Lu, Kyung Hwa Choi, M Taher A Saif, Brian Lin and Sakthivel Sadayappan. Cardiac muscle organization revealed in 3-D by imaging whole-mount mouse hearts using two-photon fluorescence and confocal microscopy. BioTechniques, Vol. 59, No. 5, November 2015, pp. 295–308.
• Sandeep V. Anand and M. Taher A. Saif. Emergent dynamics of cardiomyocyte clusters on deformable polymeric substrates. Extreme Mechanics Letters, doi:10.1016/j.eml.2015.09.008 (2015).
2014
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Samantha G. Knoll, M. Yakut Ali, M. Taher A. Saif. A Novel Method for Localizing Reporter Fluorescent Beads Near the Cell Culture Surface for Traction Force Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (91), e51873, doi:10.3791/51873 (2014).
- Ahmed, W. and T. A. Saif. Active transport of vesicles in neurons is modulated by mechanical tension. Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 4481 doi:10.1038/srep04481, 27 March 2014.
- Caroline Cvetkovic, Ritu Raman, Vincent Chan, Brian J. Williams, Madeline Tolish, Piyush Bajaj, Mahmut Selman Sakar, H. Harry Asada, M. Taher A. Saif, and Rashid Bashir. Three-dimensionally printed biological machines powered by skeletal muscle. PNAS Early Edition, July 2014, doi/10.1073/pnas.1401577111.
- Xin Tang, Theresa B. Kuhlenschmidt, Qian Li, Shahjahan Ali, Stephane Lezmi, Hong Chen, Taher A. Saif, Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt. A Mechanically-Induced Colon Cancer Cell Population Shows Increased Metastatic Potential. Molecular Cancer 2014 (May 29), 13:131, doi:10.1186/1476-4598-13-131
- Xin Tang, Alireza Tofangchi, Sandeep V. Anand, and Taher A. Saif. A Novel Cell Traction Force Microscopy to Study Multi-cellular System. Plos Computational Biology, 10(6), e1003631, June 5, 2014, DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003631
- M. Yakut Ali and M Taher A Saif, Substrate Stiffness Mediated Metastasis Like Phenotype of ColonCancer Cells is Independent of Cell to Gel Adhesion. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (15 July, 2014) DOI: 10.1007/s12195-014-0345-8
- B. Williams, S. Anand, J. Rajagopalan, and T. Saif. ”A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number.” Nature Communications (5), 2014.
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2013
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- Xin Tang, and Taher A. Saif. Remarkable Surface Adhesion Change of Colon Cancer Cells throughout in vitro Metastasis. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 5(3), 1350025, 2013, DOI: 10.1142/S1758825113500257.
- Chaenyung Cha, Eleni Antoniadou, Minkyung Lee, Jae Hyun Jeong, Wylie W. Ahmed, Taher A. Saif, Stephen A. Boppart, Hyunjoon Kong. Tailoring Hydrogel Adhesion to Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates Using Polysaccharide Glue. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 52, Issue 27, pages 6949–6952, July 1, 2013.
- Jagannathan Rajagopalan and M. Taher A. Saif. Fabrication of freestanding 1D PDMS microstructures using capillary micromolding. J MEMS, 22(5), 992 – 994, 2013, DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2013.2262605.
- W. Ahmed, B. Williams, A. Silver, T. A. Saif. ”Measuring the non-equilibrium vesicle dynamics in neurons under tension ” Lab on a Chip, 2013, Feb 21;13(4):570-8 (DOI:10.1039/C2LC41109A) (EBICS)
- W. Kang and T. Saif, Size and Temperature Effect on Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Single Crystal Silicon, Advanced Functional Material, 23(6), 713-719, 2013.
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2012
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- Chan, V., Park, K., Collens, M., Kong, H.J., Saif, T., & Bashir, R., Development of miniaturized walking biological machines.Scientific Reports, 2(857), Nov 15, 2012 doi:10.1038/srep00857
- Neuromechanics: The role of tension in neuronal growth and Memory(Book chapter, Invited)Wylie W. Ahmed, Jaganathan Rajagopalan and Taher A. Saif Nano and Cell Mechanics,The Wiley Microsystem and Nanotechnology Series 2013, edited by Horacio Espinosa and Gang Bao. EBICS
- Xin Tang, M. Yakut Ali and M. Taher A. Saif. A novel technique for micro-patterning proteins and cells on polyacrylamide Gels. Soft Matter, 8, 7197-7206, 2012.
- Tang, X., Wen, Q. , Kuhlenschmidt, T. B., Kuhlenschmidt, K. S., Janmey, P. A., & Saif, T. A. (2012). Attenuation of Colon Cancer Cells Mechanosensitivity throughout invitro Metastasis. Plos ONE, 7(11): e50443.
- Chan V, Jeong JH, Bajaj P, Collens M, Saif T, Kong H, Bashir R Multi-material bio-fabrication of hydrogel cantilevers and actuators with stereolithography. Lab Chip. 12(1):88-98, 2012. EBICS.
- Mechanical tension modulates local and global vesicle dynamics in neurons.W. W. Ahmed, T. C. Li, S. S. Rubakhin, A. Chiba, J. V. Sweedler, T. A. Saif Journal of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Vol 5(2), pp 155-164, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s12195-012-0223-1 (invited article).EBICS
- Emerson de Souza, W. Ahmed, V. Chan, R. Bashir, T. A. Saif. “Cardiac myocytes’ dynamic behavior differs depending on heart segment” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sept 5, 2012, doi: 10.1002/bit.24725.
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2011
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- C. Cha, J.H. Jeong, X. Tang, A. Zill, S.C. Zimmerman, Y. Prakash, T. Saif, H.J. Kong, “Top-down synthesis of versatile polyaspartamide linkers for single-step protein conjugation to materials” Bioconjugate Chemistry , 22, 2377-2383 (2011).
- Calcium signaling in live cells on elastic gels under mechanical vibration at subcellular levels. Wagner Nishitani, Taher Saif and Yingxiao Wang. PLoS ONE 6(10), 2011, e26181.
- In Situ Thermo-Mechanical Testing for Micro/Nanomaterials Wonmo Kang and M Taher A Saif MRS Communications 1(1), 13-16, 2011.
- A Novel SiC MEMS Apparatus for In Situ Uniaxial Testing of Micro/Nanomaterials at High Temperature Wonmo Kang and M Taher A Saif Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,21 105017, 2011 (IOP Select Paper).
- MEMS sensors and Microsystems for cell mechanobiology Jagannathan Rajagopalan and M Taher A Saif, Invited article in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2011, 21 054002 doi special focus issue on MEMS for Biology and Medicine 21, 054002 (2011).
- How far cardiac cells can see each other mechanically Xin Tang, Piyush Bajaj, Rashid Bashir and Taher A. Saif. Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 6151-6158. Cover article
- Influence of Microstructural Heterogeneity on the Deformation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Metals Jagannathan Rajagopalan and M. Taher A. Saif, Journal of Materials Research 26, 2826-2832 (2011).
- Specific and non-specific adhesion in cancer cells with various metastatic potentials. Xin Tang, Tony Cappa, Theresa Kuhlenschmidt, Mark Kuhlenschmidt and Taher Saif.Book chapter in Mechanobiology of Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions, edited by A. Wagoner Johnson and Brenden A. C. Harley, p 105-122, Springer Science 2011.
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2010
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- In Situ Uniaxial Mechanical Testing of Small Scale Materials – a Review. Wonmo Kang, Jagannathan Rajagopalan, and M. Taher A. Saif, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letter, 2(4), 282-287, 2010.
- Mechanical Force affects expression of an In vitro metastasis-like phenotype in HCT-8 cells Xin Tang, Theresa B. Kuhlenschmidt, Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt, and Taher A. Saif. (Biophysical Journal, Volume 99, Issue 8, 2460-2469, 20 October 2010, cover article.
- Stiffness of the Substrate Influences the Phenotype of Embryonic Chicken Cardiac Myocytes Piyush Bajaj, Xin Tang, Taher A. Saif and Rashid Bashir. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, Volume 95A, Issue 4, pages 1261–1269, 15 December 2010.
- Linear, High Resolution BioMEMS Force Sensors with Large Measurement Range. Jagannathan Rajagopalan, Alireza Tofangchi and M. Taher A. Saif. J MEMS, Vol 19(6), pp1380-1389, Nov 2010.
- A Novel Method for In Situ Uniaxial Tests at Micro/Nano Scale–Part I: Theory. Wonmo Kang and M Taher A Saif. J MEMS, Vol 19(6), pp1309-1321, Nov 2010
- A Novel Method for In Situ Uniaxial Tests at Micro/Nano Scale–Part II: Experiment. Wonmo Kang, Jong H Han and M Taher A Saif J MEMS, Vol 19(6), pp1322-1330, Nov 2010.
- Drosophila Neurons Actively Regulate Tension in their Axons in vivo. Jagannathan Rajagopalan, Alireza Tofangchi, M. Taher A. Saif. (Biophysical Journal, 99(10) pp. 3208 – 3215, 17 November 2010.
- In situ TEM study of microplasticity and Bauschinger effect in nanocrystalline metals. Jagannathan Rajagopalana, Christian Rentenbergerb, H. Peter Karnthalerb, Gerhard Dehmc, M. Taher A. Saif. Acta Materialia, Volume 58, Issue 14, Pages 4772-4782 (August 2010)
- In Situ Mechanical Testing of Biological and Inorganic Materials at the Micro- and Nanoscales. C. Eberl and Taher Saif MRS Bulletin, Volume 35, No. 5, May 2010, p347.
- A novel platform for in situ investigation of cells and tissues under mechanical strain. Wylie W Ahmed; Mehmet H Kural; Taher Saif. Acta Biomaterialia, 2010 Aug;6(8):2979-90. Epub 2010 Feb 25.
- Myoblast morphology and organization on biochemically micro-patterned hydrogel coatings under cyclic mechanical strain. Wylie W. Ahmed, Tobias Wolfram, Alexandra M. Goldyn, Kristina Bruellhoff, Borja Aragüés Rioja, Martin Möller, Joachim P. Spatz, Taher A. Saif, Jürgen Grolld and Ralf Kemkemer. Biomaterials, 31(2), 2010, Pages 250-258.
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2009
2008
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- Bauschinger Effect in Unpassivated Freestanding Nanoscale Metal Films J. Rajagopalan, J. H. Han, M. T. A. Saif. Scripta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Volume 59 , Issue 7 , Pages 734 – 737, 2008.
- Microfabricated Force Sensors and Their Applications in the Study of Cell Mechanical Response (invited article). S. Yang and M. T. A. Saif, Experimental Mechanics, vol. 49 (1) pp. 135-151, 2009. Published online Jan 17, 2008.
- On Plastic Strain Recovery in Freestanding Nanocrystalline Metal Thin Films. Jagannathan Rajagopalan, Jong H. Han, M. Taher A. Saif. (invited article). Scripta Materialia, 59 (2008) 921–926.
- Bauschinger effect in unpassivated freestanding nanoscale metal films. Jagannathan Rajagopalana, Jong H. Hana and M. Taher A. Saif. Scripta Materialia, Vol. 59 (2008) 734–737.
- Mechanical Testing at the Micro/Nano Scale. Aman Haque and Taher Saif, Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics, Edited by William Sharpe, pp 839-870, 2008.
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2007
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- Plastic Deformation Recovery in Freestanding Nanocrystalline Aluminum and Gold Thin Films J. Rajagopalan, J. Han, and M. T. A. Saif. Science vol 315, 30 March, 2007, pp 1831-34. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/31/5820/1831?ijkey=vLfRldYXdHEYI&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
- A Single Degree of Freedom Model for Thermoelastic Damping J. Rajagopalan, and M. T. A. Saif. Journal of Applied Mechanics, May 2007, Volume 74, Issue 3, pp. 461-468.
- MEMS based force sensors for the study of indentation response of single living cells Shengyuan Yang and Taher Saif. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, v 135, n 1, Mar 30, 2007, Special Issue of The Micromechanics section of Sensors and Actuators, p 16-22.
- Force response and actin remodeling (agglomeration) in fibroblasts due to lateral indentation. Shengyuan Yang and M. Taher A. Saif, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol 3,(1), p77-87, 2007.
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2006
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- Stress development in PECVD silicon dioxide thin-films due to hydrogen evolution. S. Mani and T. Saif Thin Solid Films Vol. 515, Issue 5, 3120-3125 (2007)
- Dry stiction of micro structures – theory and experiment Meinhart, M., Miller, N., Saif, T. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 462(2066), February 08, 2006, pp 567 – 585.
- Effect of annealing on the conductivity of electroless deposited Ni nanowires and films Mani, Sathya, Saif, Taher; Han, Jong H., IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, v 5, n 2, March, 2006, p 138-141
- In situ microtensile stage for electromechanical characterization of nanoscale freestanding films Han, J.H., Saif, M.T.A., Review of Scientific Instruments, v 77, n 4, April 2006, p 45102-1-8
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2005
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- In situ transmission electron microscopy observations of toughening mechanisms in ultra-fine grained columnar aluminum thin films Hattar, K., Han, J.; Saif, M.T.A.; Robertson, Ian M. Journal of Materials Research, v 20, n 7, July, 2005, p 1869-1877
- In situ tensile testing of nanoscale freestanding thin films inside a transmission electron microscope Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A., Journal of Materials Research, v 20, n 7, July, 2005, p 1769-1777
- Thermo-mechanical properties of nano-scale freestanding aluminum films
Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A. Thin Solid Films, v 484, n 1-2, Jul 22, 2005, p 364-368
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2004
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- Guided self-assembly of metallic nanowires and channels Alaca, B. Erdem, Sehitoglu, Huseyin; Saif, Taher, Applied Physics Letters, v 84, n 23, Jun 7, 2004, p 4669-4671
- Micro instrumentation for studying mechanical properties of free standing films
Haque, Aman, Saif, Taher JOM, v 56, n 11, November, 2004, p 308 - Nonlinear dynamic study of a bistable MEMS: model and experiment Sulfridge, M., Saif, T.; Miller, N.; Meinhart, M., Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, v 13, n 5, Oct. 2004, p 725-31
- Liquid Phase Construction of Microstructures Bauer, J. M., Saif, T. A., Beebe, D. J. J. MEMS, Vol 13(4), Aug 2004, pp 553-558.
- Scaling the depth Saif, T. Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 126(4), April 2004, p9-12. (Invited article).
- Deformation Mechanisms in Free-standing Nano-scale Thin Films: A Quantitative In-situ TEM Study Haque, A., Saif, M. T. A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol 101 (17), 6335-6340, (2004).
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2003
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- A review of MEMS-based microscale and nanoscale tensile and bending testing
Haque, M.A. Saif, M.T.A. Experimental Mechanics, v 43, n 3, Sept. 2003, p 248-55. - Strain gradient effect in nanoscale thin films Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A. Acta Materialia, v 51, n 11, Jun 27, 2003, p 3053-3061
- Mechanical behavior of nano scale thin films using MEMS sensors Saif, T., Haque, A. International Journal of Computational Engineering Sciences, Vol. 4 (2), June 2003, pp 169-173.
- A functionalized bioMEMS sensor for force response study at local adhesion sites of single living cells on a substrate M. T. A. Saif, M. T. A., Sager, C. R., Coyer, S. Annals of Biomedical Engineering Vol. 31(8), pp 950-961, 2003.
- A review of MEMS-based microscale and nanoscale tensile and bending testing
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2002
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- On the capillary interaction between solid plates forming menisci on the surface of a liquid Saif, M. T. A. J. of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 473, pp 321-347, 25 December 2002.
- Effect of native Al2O3 on the elastic response of nanoscale Al films Saif, M.T.A., Zhang, S.; Haque, A.; Hsia, K.J. Acta Materialia, v 50, n 11, 28 June 2002, p 2779-86
- Optical actuation of a bistable MEMS Sulfridge, M., Saif, T.; Miller, N.; O’Hara, K. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, v 11, n 5, Oct. 2002, p 574-83
- Biaxial testing of nanoscale films on compliant substrates: Fatigue and fracture Selby, John C.; Sehitoglu, Huseyin; Erdem Alaca, B.; Saif, M.T.A. Review of Scientific Instruments, v 73, n 8, August, 2002, p 2963-70.
- Mechanical behavior of 30-50 nm thick aluminum films under uniaxial tension
Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A. Scripta Materialia, v 47, n 12, December, 2002, p 863-867 - In-situ tensile testing of nano-scale specimens in SEM and TEM Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A. Experimental Mechanics, v 42, n 1, March, 2002, p 123-128
- Application of MEMS force sensors for in situ mechanical characterization of nano-scale thin films in SEM and TEM Haque, M.A., Saif, M.T.A. Sensors and Actuators A (Physical), v A97-98, 1 April 2002, p 239-45
- On the interface debond at the edge of a thin film on a thick substrate Saif, M.T.A., Alaca, B. Erdem; Sehitoglu, Huseyin Acta Materialia, v 50, n 5, Mar 14, 2002, p 1197
- The strain gradient effect in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Zhenyu Xue, Saif, M.T.A.; Yonggang Huang Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, v 11, n 1, Feb. 2002, p 27-35
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1998
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- Measurement of forces and spring constants of microinstruments Saif, M.T.A.; MacDonald, N.C. Review of Scientific Instruments, v 69, n 3, Mar, 1998, p 1410-22.
- Microinstruments for submicron material studies Saif, M.T.A., MacDonald, N.C. Journal of Materials Research, v 13, n 12, Dec. 1998, p 3353-6
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1996
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- Planarity of large MEMS Saif, M.T.A., MacDonald, N.C. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, v 5, n 2, Jun, 1996, p 79-97
- A millinewton microloading device Saif, M.T.A., MacDonald, N.C. Sensors and Actuators A (Physical), v A52, n 1-3, March-April 1996, p 65-75
- Micromachined microdevices and microinstruments MacDonald, N.C. (Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA); Adams, S.G.; Ayon, A.A.; Bohringer, K.F.; Chen, L.-Y.; Das, J.H.; Haronian, D.; Hofmann, W.; Huang, X.T.; Jazairy, A.; Mihailovich, R.E.; Miller, S.A.; Ogo, I.; Prasad, R.; Reed, B.W.; Saif, M.T.A.; Shaw, K.A.; Webb, R.Y.; Xu, Y. Source: Microelectronic Engineering, v 30, n 1-4, Jan. 1996, p 563-4
- Micromachined force sensors for the study of cell mechanics Yang, Shengyuan, Saif, Taher Source: Review of Scientific Instruments, v 76, n 4, April, 2005, p 044301
- Reversible and repeatable linear local cell force response under large stretches Yang, S., Saif, T. Experimental Cell Research 305, pp 42-50, 2005.
- Mechanism of controlled crack formation in thin-film dielectrics Mani, S., Saif, T. Applied Physics Letters, v 86, n 20, May 16, 2005, p 201903.
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1994
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- Asymptotic stress field of a mode III crack growing along an elastic/ elastic power-law creeping bimaterial interface Hui, C. Y., Saif, M. T. A. Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME, v 61, n 2, June, 1994, p 384-389
- Plane strain asymptotic fields of a crack growing along an elastic-elastic power-law creeping bimaterial interface Saif, M.T.A.; Hui, C.-Y. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 42, n 2, Feb, 1994, p 181
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1993
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- Near tip fields for a stationary mode III crack between a linear elastic and an elastic power law hardening material Saif, M.T.A., Hui, C.-Y. International Journal of Fracture, v 64, n 1, 1 Nov. 1993, p 1-26
- Interface shear stresses induced by non-uniform heating of a film on a substrate
Saif, M.T.A., Hui, C.Y.; Zehnder, A.T. Thin Solid Films, v 224, n 2, Mar 15, 1993, p 159-167 - A Finite Elastic Body with a Curved Crack Loaded in Anti-Plane Shear Glaucio, P., Saif, M. T. A. and Mukherjee, S. International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp 1015-1037, 1993.
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1990
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- Fatigue analysis of cracked anisotropic plates subject to stochastic loads
Grigoriu, M., Saif, M.T.A. Computers and Structures, v 37, n 2, 1990, p 169-73 - Mixed mode fracture initiation and trajectory prediction under random stresses
Grigoriu, M., Saif, M.T.A.; El Borgi, S.; Ingraffea, A.R. International Journal of Fracture, v 45, n 1, Sep 1, 1990, p 19-34
- Fatigue analysis of cracked anisotropic plates subject to stochastic loads
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Book Chapters
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- Nanotechnology, MacDonald, N. C., Saif, M. T. A., Millar, S. The Industrial Electronics Handbook, Editor-in-Chief J. David Irwin, CRC Press, pp 1500-1505, 1997.
- Mechanical Testing at the Micro/Nano Scale, Haque, A., Saif, M. T. A. Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics, Editor –in-Chief W. N. Sharpe, Jr.
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